Departure: MIAT Airline check in requires credit card verification from traveller. This can be a problem if you
book your flight through a travel agent as the credit card details wont match. Very limited number of shops
and lounge availability (I suggest eating before you get to the airport). Arrival: Slow customs officers for a
small airport. Allow 1 hour from landing to clear customs and collect bags (there is only 1 baggage carousel
and travellers to UB often have a lot of luggage). Wifi in arrivals area is unreliable and Taxis will most likely
not use the meter unless prompted.

Very small airport. One baggage carousel. Very quick customs and immigration line. Old
Russian-style concrete architecture. Departure area similarly small. There is a business class
"lounge", but not much on offer. There are a few stores in the departure area where you can
get snacks, drinks, and souvenirs. There is a small room for smokers. Very basic, but
functional. Customs and immigration again very quick on departure.

Ulaanbaatar Airport by L Nunn

20 November 2006

What an experience Genghis Khan (ULN) proved to be! I arrived with my small group at 06.00 for an
08.15 MIAT flight. Several full flights and 4 staffed check-in desks. No queuing system exists -
pushing and shoving is standard. Check-in staff vanish leaving empty desks. No management and
nobody can answer questions. We started queuing at 06.00 and we were finally checked in at 08.00.
Other than the check-in hall and a blur of corridors as I ran to the aircraft I saw nothing of the
airport. Recommendations? Time, the patience of a saint and stand your ground! Oh, and a small
child seems to be a golden ticket the the front of the "queue".